LEGAL ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE CASPIAN SEA

This study is devoted to the environmental problems of the Caspian region from the point of view of the development of international law. The article is devoted to the legal issues of protecting a unique reservoir

– the Caspian Sea, which has special physical, geographical and socio-economic characteristics. That is, the article describes modern problems of legal regulation of environmental protection of the Caspian region, including mechanisms for protecting the environment of the Caspian Sea at the international and national levels. Currently, the protection of the Caspian Sea ecosystem is relevant, since this water area is closed and experiences a high anthropogenic load.

Of course, intensive offshore production of hydrocarbon resources often leads to large-scale pollution, which causes significant damage to unique species of fauna, including sturgeon, which are of great commercial importance. The effectiveness of pollution control measures is due to the insufficient international legal framework for coordinating the actions of the Caspian littoral states.

In the article, the authors study a number of legal acts and conventions that determine the legal regulation of the Caspian Sea, and give their recommendations. The authors also dwelled on the Convention “On the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea” and compared it with other international documents.

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